Precocious puberty refers to the development of secondary sexual characteristics before the age of 8 for girls and before the age of 9 for boys. It is divided into central precocious puberty (true precocious puberty) and peripheral precocious puberty (pseudo-precocious puberty), and clinical treatments are usually gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs, surgical treatments, hormone treatments, etc., according to different types.
1. Idiopathic central precocious puberty: due to gonadotropin-releasing hormone dependence, gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs are usually taken to regulate the treatment. Such as treprostinil, leuprolide and so on.
2. Caused by tumor: surgical resection of tumor or radiotherapy treatment is needed according to the situation.
3. Congenital adrenocortical hyperplasia: adrenocorticotropic hormone treatment can be used.
4. Caused by external intake of sex hormones: investigate the food and drugs containing sex hormones in the living environment and stop intake.
If your child has precocious puberty, go to the hospital immediately to identify the cause of the disease and take medication under the guidance of the doctor.